Jun 9, 2006 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Fri Jun 9 06:01:36 UTC 2006
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
Categorical Graphic
20060609 0800 UTC Day 2 Outlook Graphic
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20060609 0800 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
   SPC AC 090558
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1258 AM CDT FRI JUN 09 2006
   
   VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM SRN MT TO THE TN VALLEY...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   
   UPPER RIDGE WILL FLATTEN CONSIDERABLY DURING THE DAY2 PERIOD AS
   HEIGHTS FALL ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES FORCING SEVERAL SHORTWAVE
   TROUGHS ACROSS THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS INTO THE MS VALLEY REGION. THIS
   EVOLUTION WILL BECOME VERY FAVORABLE FOR MULTIPLE MCS-TYPE EPISODES
   FROM THE NRN HIGH PLAINS...SEWD INTO THE TN VALLEY.
   
   ...TN VALLEY...
   
   ONE SUCH MCS CLUSTER WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
   PERIOD FROM IA INTO IL.  WNWLY STEERING CURRENTS WILL ALLOW THIS
   ACTIVITY TO SPREAD DOWNSTREAM ALONG EXISTING FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO
   KY/TN WITH DAYTIME INTENSIFICATION POSSIBLE WITHIN 30-40KT DEEP
   LAYER SHEAR.
   
   UPSTREAM...SFC FRONT WILL SAG SWD IN WAKE OF EARLY MORNING MCS
   ACROSS KS...WHILE INTENSE HEATING ACROSS THE SRN HIGH PLAINS WILL
   ALLOW DRY LINE TO MIX EWD TO A POSITION FROM THE TX SOUTH PLAINS
   INTO SCNTRL KS.  THIS BOUNDARY MAY PROVE SUFFICIENT IN GENERATING
   ISOLATED SEVERE...MAINLY DIURNAL...THUNDERSTORMS WHERE TEMPERATURE
   DEW POINT SPREADS WILL BE MAXIMIZED...APPROACHING 50F...ENHANCING
   DOWNBURST POTENTIAL.
   
   ...NRN ROCKIES/HIGH PLAINS...
   
   ANOTHER MORE SYNOPTICALLY EVIDENT REGION FOR ASCENT WILL OCCUR
   ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES INTO THE HIGH PLAINS OF ERN WY. SFC RIDGING
   ACROSS THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS WILL FORCE MODIFIED BOUNDARY LAYER
   MOISTURE WELL WEST AGAINST THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WY INTO SRN MT.  IT
   APPEARS THUNDERSTORMS WILL EASILY DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS
   THIS REGION WITHIN EXIT REGION OF JET BENEATH COLD THERMAL TROUGH. 
   VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT STORM ROTATION WITH STRONG
   VEERING WITH HEIGHT AND SUFFICIENT SPEED SHEAR FOR SUPERCELL
   DEVELOPMENT.  A VERY ACTIVE CONVECTIVE AFTERNOON/EVENING IS POSSIBLE
   FROM SCNTRL MT INTO SERN WY BEFORE ACTIVITY MERGES INTO AN MCS OVER
   THE NEB PANHANDLE...SPREADING SEWD TOWARD THE CNTRL PLAINS DURING
   THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  IF SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CAN RETURN TO
   WY/NEB PANHANDLE IT APPEARS TO BE A FAVORABLE SETUP FOR POSSIBLE
   TORNADOES PRIOR TO MCS EVOLUTION.
   
   ..DARROW.. 06/09/2006
   
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